Where Are We Today
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Palm
Springs Air Museum
Yesterday
we went for a drive into Palm Springs so I could tour the Palm Springs Air
Museum, of course, Pat did come along to keep me company, you can check out her
side of the story HERE For more information on the history of
the museum, you can find their link HERE.
The museum
is nicely laid out next to the Palm Springs airport with two hangars depicting
the Pacific and European Theaters of World War Two with a third hangar in
construction to house the Korean and Vietnam aircraft. There are approximately
40 aircraft on display and many in flight status. Rides in a C47, P51 and a P17
Stearman are available for a fee.
The museum
and aircraft are kept in cleaned and polished state, the volunteers are very
knowledgeable and love to talk about the aircraft and their history. Most of
the volunteers are ex servicemen and obviously love what they are doing.
I never get tired of visiting Aircraft
museums, revisiting the aircraft from all eras, but especially WW2 , trying to
remember the not so famous one and the ones that I personally like. The
pictures that follow are some of my favorites.
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| Entrance to Museum |
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| B-17G Nose Art |
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| B-17G |
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| Inside Belly Ball Turret |
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| Tail Gunner |
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| Tail Section B-17G |
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| Side View B-17G |
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| Bell Huey UH-1B |
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| Some Interesting Facts |
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| F6F-5 Hellcat |
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| Catalina PBY-5A |
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| Corsair |
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| PT-17 Stearman |
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| For Derrick Supermarine Spitfire |
While
grabbing a bite to eat, we met Michelle Evans, author of "The X-15 Rocket
Plane, Flying the First Wings into Space". It looks like a good read, so
will have to get a copy.
Thanks for
following along, feel free to comment and until the next time, take care and be
safe.
